siliconera.com - 1/9/2009
—
Rockstar doesn't make PSP games anymore, but Hilton Hotels - the hotel chain does. In 2008 the Hilton Garden Inn made a training game for the PSP called Ultimate Team Play. Employees tested their skill at hotel roles like being…
Comments
Blog Reactions
Hilton Makes A PSP Game For Employees, Employees Play It [PSP]
Kotaku —
... their jobs in specific ways to improve customer service scores using a unique scoring system that drives all brand service assessment for hotels that are part of Hilton Hotels Corporation. That's not just a good description, you could say its the ULTIMATE description. Companies using video games as a teaching tool goes back to the 8-bit era. Way better than just watching some instructional video. (305) Hilton ULTIMATE TEAM PLAY for the PSP [GDC09 via Siliconera]
...
Related Content
Future PSPerspective
playstationlifestyle.net 3/8/2009 —
The PSP2/PSP-4000 rumors are not going away. It seems like almost daily there is another source spilling more information about the now mythical device. Apparently a sliding screen and the removal of a UMD drive is the ticket to great publicity. This leaves some unanswered questions. What ...
Sony Comments On PSP2 Rumors, No New Hardware Dev Kits Out There
multiplayerblog.mtv.com 2/27/2009 — Sony's head of PSP marketing in North America would only confirm that part of what longtime developer Dave Perry recently said about the PSP's future is true.
***
The following is an excerpt from an interview I conducted today with Sony Computer ...
Q&A: Sony's John Koller Talks PSP's Downloadable Future
blog.wired.com 3/25/2009 —
Sony's PSP is, as ever, a puzzling contradiction.
Industry pundits thought the powerful portable game player would outsell the DS, but Nintendo's touchscreen handheld has now moved more than 100 million units worldwide, as compared to Sony's ...
Hilton Hotel Tries Its Hand at Gaming
playstationlifestyle.net 4/14/2009 —
The PSP does have a few major titles. There is a new title that is likely in a league of its own. Hilton Garden Inn Ultimate Team Play, a training game that trains employees on satisfaction and loyalty tracking, a.k.a. SALT. This is not the first time a console has been used for training or ...
E3 2009: Hands On The PSP go!
digitalsomething.com 6/3/2009 —
You followed the live blog of the Sony Press Conference. You may have watched the live broadcast of the event. You did not miss the unveiling of the PSP go. While the PSP go is not coming out until Ocotber 1st but we got our hands it today. So how does new PSP go feel?
Lots of gamers ...
Ready At Dawn's Two Cents on PSP Rumors
edge-online.com 3/3/2009 — Rumors about a new PSP--one with no UMD drive--have been heavily circulating in recent days across the Internet.
But Ready at Dawn, the independent studio that established itself with two highly successful PSP games--Daxter and God of War: Chains ...
PSP Sours: edible handheld consoles
electricpig.co.uk 3/16/2009 — PSP Sours anyone? We knew that Sony was planning on ditching the UMD drive on the PSP, but we didn’t know it was going to replace it with sweets. Read on for all the info on the Tic Tac topping PSP Sours! The PSP Sours do what they say on the tin. ...
The Real Deal on the Next PSP
playstationlifestyle.net 4/22/2009 — PSLS Artist Rendition of New PSP (Concept)
Sony has contended there is no PSP2 and they are telling the cold hard truth. There won’t be a PSP2 coming for at least a couple more years. That doesn’t mean that some new PSP hardware isn’t headed our way soon enough. Think ...
Rumored PSP Go! To Please Some, Anger Others
pressthebuttons.com 4/29/2009 — Rumors of another hardware revision for the Sony PlayStation Portable have been flying for a long time now, but some of those rumors are starting to solidify as E3 draws near. Now 1UP has tossed its hat into the rumor ring with a report of a UMD-less iteration of PSP that includes ...
Sony Talking To Rockstar About More ‘GTA’ PSP Games
multiplayerblog.mtv.com 2/27/2009 — Sony's not taking the "Grand Theft Auto" series' move from PSP to DS as a permanent shift, the company's head of PSP marketing in America told me in an interview.
***
After two successful "Grand Theft Auto" games on the PSP, the world's most ...